Journal rankings · indicator year 2009
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Field ranking · 2009
Engineering journal rankings 2009
1,529 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Engineering has 1,529 ranked journals in 2009. The median journal has an OJR of 0.80, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2008; Q1 starts at OJR 1.63. The top three are Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Materials Science and Engineering R Reports, and Digest of technical papers/Digest of technical papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2009. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields in Engineering (16)
Up to Physical Sciences- Electrical and Electronic Engineering339
- Mechanical Engineering248
- Biomedical Engineering161
- Aerospace Engineering153
- Civil and Structural Engineering152
- Mechanics of Materials106
- Control and Systems Engineering86
- Computational Mechanics83
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering51
- Building and Construction48
- Ocean Engineering40
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality23
Show all 16 subfields
1,529 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2008. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2006–2008 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2009. | Compare |
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1Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 13.76Q1 | 9.28 1.05 down from 2008 | 70 | 4% | $6,990 | ||
2Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 11.37Q1 | 14.69no change | 40 | 5% | $6,150 | ||
3Digest of technical papers/Digest of technical papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits ConferenceInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 10.68Q1 | 4.87 0.63 down from 2008 | 119 | — | — | ||
4ACM Transactions on Sensor NetworksAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 9.41Q1 | 6.91 2.44 down from 2008 | 70 | 16% | — | ||
5AutomaticaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 9.32Q1 | 4.62 0.28 up from 2008 | 928 | 14% | $3,760 | ||
6IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 8.72Q1 | 7.35 0.38 up from 2008 | 68 | 8% | $2,645 | ||
7Progress in Aerospace SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 8.50Q1 | 3.28 0.82 up from 2008 | 57 | 5% | $5,860 | ||
8IEEE Transactions on Automatic ControlInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 7.66Q1 | 4.60 0.02 up from 2008 | 1,010 | 15% | $2,645 | ||
9IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 7.62Q1 | 7.40 0.22 up from 2008 | 649 | 11% | $2,645 | ||
10Applied Mechanics ReviewsAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers · United States | 6.93Q1 | 3.18 2.07 down from 2008 | 57 | 0% | — | ||
11IEEE Transactions on RoboticsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.85Q1 | 5.68 1.15 up from 2008 | 402 | 17% | $2,645 | ||
12Transportation Research Part C Emerging TechnologiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.45Q1 | 3.26 1.34 up from 2008 | 115 | 22% | $4,040 | ||
13IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.40Q1 | 3.53 0.22 down from 2008 | 219 | 14% | $2,645 | ||
14The International Journal of Robotics ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.33Q1 | 5.36 0.25 up from 2008 | 207 | 21% | $4,400 | ||
15IEEE Transactions on Control Systems TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.31Q1 | 3.65 0.08 up from 2008 | 400 | 8% | $2,645 | ||
16Journal of Field RoboticsWiley · United States | 6.13Q1 | 3.50 0.66 down from 2008 | 166 | 17% | $3,590 | ||
17IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy SystemsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 6.01Q1 | 4.55 0.64 down from 2008 | 335 | 6% | $2,645 | ||
18Transportation ScienceInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 5.89Q1 | 2.82 0.25 down from 2008 | 128 | 15% | — | ||
19ProceedingsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.74Q1 | —no 2008 value | 32 | — | — | ||
20IEE Proceedings - Radar Sonar and NavigationUnited Kingdom | 5.64Q1 | —no 2008 value | 66 | — | — | ||
21Proceedings of the IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.64Q1 | 5.91 0.95 up from 2008 | 646 | 13% | $2,645 | ||
22IEEE Wireless CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.58Q1 | 4.95 0.39 down from 2008 | 242 | 11% | $2,995 | ||
23Systems & Control LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.42Q1 | 2.71 0.07 up from 2008 | 344 | 14% | $2,910 | ||
24Advanced MaterialsGermany | 5.32Q1 | 8.78 0.06 up from 2008 | 2,296 | 17% | $6,070 | ||
25Information Technologies and International DevelopmentOAUniversity of Southern California · United States | 5.27Q1 | 2.81 0.56 up from 2008 | 59 | 100% | — | ||
26Geotextiles and GeomembranesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.26Q1 | 3.69 0.62 up from 2008 | 128 | 4% | $3,850 | ||
27Journal of Guidance Control and DynamicsAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · United States | 5.25Q1 | 2.05 0.19 up from 2008 | 627 | 12% | — | ||
28IEEE Transactions on Energy ConversionInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.10Q1 | 5.17 0.16 up from 2008 | 359 | 9% | $2,645 | ||
29IEEE Industrial Electronics MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 5.06Q1 | 3.59 0.47 down from 2008 | 160 | 1% | — | ||
30Annual Reviews in ControlElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.02Q1 | 5.17 2.59 up from 2008 | 71 | 14% | $3,940 | ||
31International Materials ReviewsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.01Q1 | 5.22 0.90 up from 2008 | 45 | 14% | $4,400 | ||
32IET Control Theory and ApplicationsOAInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United States | 4.97Q1 | 2.56 0.64 up from 2008 | 316 | 5% | $3,300 | ||
33IEEE Robotics & Automation MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.95Q1 | 2.30 0.42 down from 2008 | 276 | 9% | $2,045 | ||
34Computers in IndustryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.81Q1 | 3.30 0.83 up from 2008 | 226 | 10% | $4,080 | ||
35Control Engineering PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.80Q1 | 2.92 0.19 up from 2008 | 339 | 9% | $3,010 | ||
36International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear ControlWiley · United Kingdom | 4.80Q1 | 2.35 0.35 up from 2008 | 323 | 14% | $4,270 | ||
37IEEE Transactions on Industrial ElectronicsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.79Q1 | 7.06 1.22 down from 2008 | 1,129 | 11% | $2,645 | ||
38Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation ReviewElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.79Q1 | 2.82 0.78 up from 2008 | 153 | 8% | $4,240 | ||
39GPS SolutionsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 4.78Q1 | 2.03 0.52 up from 2008 | 98 | 20% | $2,790 | ||
40Journal of Process ControlElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.75Q1 | 3.16 0.85 up from 2008 | 283 | 7% | $3,700 | ||
41IEEE Communications MagazineInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 4.73Q1 | 3.77 0.19 up from 2008 | 964 | 5% | $2,995 | ||
42IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and ApplicationsInstitution of Engineering and Technology · United Kingdom | 4.55Q1 | —no 2008 value | 103 | — | — | ||
43Journal of SchedulingSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 4.52Q1 | 2.53 0.59 up from 2008 | 124 | 21% | $2,990 | ||
44Mechanical Systems and Signal ProcessingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.44Q1 | 2.39 0.55 up from 2008 | 442 | 7% | $4,730 | ||
45Advanced Functional MaterialsWiley · Germany | 4.42Q1 | 7.03 0.26 up from 2008 | 1,265 | 16% | $5,790 | ||
46Energy & Environmental ScienceRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 4.32Q1 | 6.53 6.53 up from 2008 | 81 | 8% | — | ||
47Maritime Economics & LogisticsPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 4.32Q1 | 1.70 0.66 down from 2008 | 70 | 36% | $3,390 | ||
48Structural Health MonitoringSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.28Q1 | 1.96 0.59 up from 2008 | 82 | 12% | $4,400 | ||
49Computers & Operations ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.23Q1 | 2.62 0.64 up from 2008 | 589 | 13% | $3,570 | ||
50Robotics and Computer-Integrated ManufacturingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.19Q1 | 2.30 0.19 up from 2008 | 239 | 8% | $4,540 |
Subfields of Engineering, compared.
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering339
- Mechanical Engineering248
- Biomedical Engineering161
- Aerospace Engineering153
- Civil and Structural Engineering152
- Mechanics of Materials106
- Control and Systems Engineering86
- Computational Mechanics83
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering51
- Building and Construction48
- Ocean Engineering40
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality23
- Automotive Engineering21
- Media Technology18
- Architecture0
- General Engineering0
Journals
Citations made in 2009. Corpus-wide, 71.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
529 additional Engineering journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2006–2008, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2009. Publication window: 2006–2008. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 1,529
- Window papers (baseline)
- 2,754,522 +23.3% from indicator year 2006
- Median OJR
- 0.80 +2.3% from indicator year 2006
- Rising journals (2025)
- 211Comparison-group list (211)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2006–2008 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 945 | 1,010 | 1,072 | 1,119 | 1,159 | 1,217 | 1,256 | 1,342 | 1,445 | 1,529 | 1,578 | 1,672 | 1,774 | 1,899 | 2,001 | 2,106 | 2,188 | 2,239 | 2,290 | 2,358 | 2,389 | 2,428 | 2,444 | 2,437 | 2,442 | 2,405 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 1,301,932 | 1,430,070 | 1,586,509 | 1,745,451 | 1,896,138 | 2,058,422 | 2,234,640 | 2,416,744 | 2,583,093 | 2,754,522 | 2,914,777 | 3,076,735 | 3,239,027 | 3,369,091 | 3,484,492 | 3,569,888 | 3,612,080 | 3,500,235 | 3,153,056 | 2,758,725 | 2,539,069 | 2,563,396 | 2,580,513 | 2,422,273 | 2,259,750 | 2,274,258 | |
| Median OJR | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.694 | 0.758 | 0.75 | 0.7777 | 0.7782 | 0.77 | 0.7930 | 0.80 | 0.820 | 0.822 | 0.7933 | 0.765 | 0.756 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.692 | 0.670 | 0.6705 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.689 | 0.688 | 0.669 | 0.6714 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 4.9% | 1,952 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 1.935 per 1,000 | 1,719 journals |
| Output growth | Median: +3.7% | 2,142 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 53.0% | 2,405 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $2,890 | 1,349 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 22.2% | 2,312 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 2,405 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.67 | 2,362 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 29.8% | 2,405 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 43.9% | 2,402 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.